Order now: "The State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters" publication

Note: One of my old papers was reprinted in this great edited collection. 

State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters publication contains the catalogue of the exhibitions presented in Jan-Feb, as well as an anthology of articles serving as scholarly discourse on the monstrous and the horrific of national and international cinemas examined against the histories, art and cinematic production coming out of Southeast Asia.

Featuring contributions by Abhijan Toto, Bliss Cua Lim, Ekky Imanjaya, Ho Rui An, Ila Ila, Joshua Comaroff, Kathleen Ditzig, Marc Gloede, Mary Ainslie, Nazry Bahrawi, Pujita Guha, Roger Nelson and Toh Hun Ping.

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Published by Asian Film Archive

SG$ 45

Order here : https://www.asianfilmarchive.org/shop/the-state-of-motion-2019-a-fear-of-monsters-publication/

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"Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime" (book review)

My take on "Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime" (Talitha Espiritu, 2018).
Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and TV (2018) Vol. 0, No 0, 1-3.

Link: here

Global Exploitation CInemas, a new book series from Bloomsbury Academic

WOW! http://globalexploitationcinemas.weebly.com/ <-- Global Exploitation CInemas, a new book series from Bloomsbury Academic

info from the website:
Global Exploitation Cinemas publishes original monographs and edited volumes of 110-120k words that explore the highly dynamic area of international "exploitation" film production and consumption. Encompassing a broad range of contexts, from industry to audiences to cultural history, it considers filmic trends and traditions, the work of specific directors, producers, stars and audiences.

Until recently, the academic study of global exploitation cinemas often analysed films, not in light of their context of production, reception or cultural afterlife, but rather in theoretical vacuums. And, while it would be unfair to claim that this approach characterises all research in this area, there is yet to be a book series dedicated to advancing the field of exploitation cinema studies in a way that contributes new and original knowledge.

Global Exploitation Cinemas, thus, seeks to a fill a void in the academic study of cinema history and, for the first time, provide a forum for the historically-informed study of  the exploitation film in all its guises.
 
The series will attract both young and established scholars. The series will become a valuable tool for students and scholars across the fields of film studies and film history: specifically those within the thriving disciplines of "national" and "transnational" cinema.

New Book Indonesian Women FIlmmakers <-- my paper is part of it :)

New book: Yvonne Michalik (ed.) Indonesian Women Filmmakers

While Indonesia’s film industry has experienced a rapid growth and diversification since the end of Suhar

to’s authoritarian New Order regime in 1998, these developments have received only little academic attention. Especially the role of women filmmakers, who have played an important part in shaping contemporary Indonesian cinema and constantly add new perspectives to it, has been widely overlooked.

The contributions to this volume analyse films directed and produced by some of the most visible women in post-New Order Indonesian cinema in terms of their specific aesthetics and narrative styles as well as the socio-political issues they deal with. The authors further explore women filmmakers’ attitudes towards feminism, highlighting how the particular Indonesian context causes some of them to describe their approach as a “women’s perspective” rather than a feminist one.

In addition to the scholarly contributions, interviews with Indonesian women filmmakers from different genres provide insights into their perspectives on gender issues and their individual experiences as women in the male-dominated film industry.

With contributions by Novi Kurnia Olin Monteiro Intan Paramaditha Citra Diani Ekky Imanjaya Part II, Wiwik Sushartami, Jan Budweg, Sofia Setyorini Yvonne Michalik

coming soon! :)

ps: I co-wrote a paper with Diani Citra analysing Sammaria Simanjuntak's Demi Ucok :)